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Unlike many Gallo-Romance languages (French technically lacked this), Garonnian lacks final obstruent devoicing. Unusually among Romance languages, Garonnian exhibits initial consonant mutations and contain somewhat unusual phoneme {{IPA|/ŋ/}} which can occur in any positions.
== Vowels ==
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | Front
! colspan="2" | Central
! colspan="2" | Back
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! Short
! Long
! Short
! Long
! Short
! Long
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! Close
| {{IPA|/i/}}
| {{IPA|/iː/}}
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| {{IPA|/u/}}
| {{IPA|/uː/}}
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! Mid
| {{IPA|/ɛ/}}
| {{IPA|/ɛː/}}
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| {{IPA|/ɔ/}}
| {{IPA|/ɔː/}}
|-
! Open
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| {{IPA|/a/}}
| {{IPA|/aː/}}
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In unstressed positions, only the vowels {{IPA|/a, i, u/}} are allowed. Vowel length are phonemicized as a result of losses of certain consonants (these are, {{IPA|*/β, ð, ɣ/}}).

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Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal /m/ /n/ /ɲ/ /ŋ/
Plosive /p/ /b/ /t/ /d/ /k/ /ɡ/
Affricate /ts/ /dz/ /tʃ/ /dʒ/
Fricative /f/ /v/ /s/ /z/ /ʃ/ /ʒ/ /h/
Trill /r/
Approximants /l/

Unlike many Gallo-Romance languages (French technically lacked this), Garonnian lacks final obstruent devoicing. Unusually among Romance languages, Garonnian exhibits initial consonant mutations and contain somewhat unusual phoneme /ŋ/ which can occur in any positions.

Vowels

Front Central Back
Short Long Short Long Short Long
Close /i/ /iː/ /u/ /uː/
Mid /ɛ/ /ɛː/ /ɔ/ /ɔː/
Open /a/ /aː/

In unstressed positions, only the vowels /a, i, u/ are allowed. Vowel length are phonemicized as a result of losses of certain consonants (these are, */β, ð, ɣ/).